[mythtv-users] Failed HD-PVR recordings
John P Poet
jppoet at gmail.com
Wed Jul 8 18:04:01 UTC 2009
On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Jarod Wilson<jarod at wilsonet.com> wrote:
> On Jul 8, 2009, at 12:18 PM, John P Poet wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 10:08 AM, David Engel<david at istwok.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 08, 2009 at 09:44:26AM -0600, John P Poet wrote:
>>>>
>>>> My failure rate for recording from my pair of HD-PVRs is probably
>>>> around 1 out of every 500. I recorded every Wimbledon tennis episode
>>>> over the previous two weeks, and did not have a single problem.
>>>
>>> Johh, which kernel, V4L drivers and HD-PVR versions are you using? I
>>> haven't kept exact numbers, but I suspect I'm averaging around 1.5 to
>>> 2.0 stop/restart cycles per hour. It used to only be a minor nuisance,
>>> but with the playback handling getting worse as I described in an
>>> earlier message, it's become a major annoyance.
>>
>> I am running the latest 2.6.27-fedora10 kernel, with hand built HD-PVR
>> drivers from linuxtv.org.
>
> ...
>
> Out of curiosity, is there a specific reason you're not using the hdpvr
> driver built into the kernel? I can't recall what the current F10 2.6.27.x
> kernel is anymore, but I thought there was a reasonably up-to-date hdpvr
> driver in it...
Heh, I was actually wondering if the fedora kernel already had it in
there. I didn't think it made it into the mainline kernel until
2.6.30?
John
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